Garment hanger



Jan.10,1933. s. ROSENBERG 1,893,508

GARMENT HANGER Filed March 17. 1930 Patented Jan. 10, 1933 SOLOMONROSENBERG, F LOS ANGELES, GALIFORNIA- GARMENT HANGER Application filedMarch 17, 1930. Serial No. 436,398.

My invention relates to a garment hanger of the general type set forthin a co-pendlng application for U. S. Letters Patent filed by me May29th, 1929, Serial No; 36f5,928 and the principal object of my present1n vent1 on is, to generally improve upon and simplify the constructionof the garment hanger disclosed in my aforesaid patent application aswell as other existing forms of garment hangers that are suspended froma rail or other suitable support and which receive and suspend in aconvenient manner various garments such as coats, vests, trousers,dresses,

skirts and the like.

Further objects of my invention are, to provide a garment hanger that isrelatively simple in construction, inexpensive of manufacture,constructed so as to occupy comparatively little space when suspendedfrom a rail or other support and further, to provide a garment hangerhavingtwo or more spring clips that are mounted for sliding movementupon a rod and which clips are clamped to the rod in their adjustedpositions by springs that are associated with the clips and whichsprings arealso effective in yieldingly'holding the jaws of the clips inclosed ositions.

With the foregoing and other 0 jects in view, my invention consists incertain novel features of construction and arrangement of parts thatwill hereinafter be more fully described and claimed and illustrated inthe accompanying drawing, in which:

Fig. 1 is an elevational view of a garment hanger embodying theprinciples of my invention.

Fig. 2 is an enlarged vertical section taken on the line 22 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is an enlarged vertical section taken on the line 3-3 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 4 is an enlarged detail section taken on the line 4-lof Flg. 1. I

Fig. 5 is a perspective view of one of the springs utilized in thespring clips forming a part of my invention.

In the construction of my improved. garment hanger the frame thereof ispreferably formed from a single piece of wire, one end of which is bentto form a hook 10, whereby the hanger may be readily suspended from arail or other suitable support and from this hook the wire from whichthe frame is formed extends vertically downward to form a straight shank11 and from the lower end of this shank the wire is extended laterallyand downwardly to form an inclined member 12 that is adapted to receiveand support the shoulder portion of a coat, vest or dress. Q

The outer portion of this inclined member C3 12 is curved downwardly andfrom the lower end of said downwardly curved portion the wire isextended inwardly in a plane at right angles to the plane occu ied bythe shank 11 to form a horizontally isposed rod 14 that 35 receives thespring clips hereinafter more fully described. At the end of thishorizontal portion 14, the wire is bent'upwardly and inwardly to form acurved portion 15 that corresponds with the curved portion 13 and fromthe upper end of this curved portion 15 the wire extends upwardly andinwardly to .form an inclined member 16 that corresponds to the member12 and the end of said member 16 is coiled about the lower end of wshank 11, thus providing a compact, one piece, light weight garmenthanger- Mounted on the rod it, that forms the bottom of the frame, aretwo or more garment engaging clips and each clip includes a pair of jaws17 preferably formed of suitable sheet metal pressed'or stamped to roperform and the lower portions of these aws are bent slightl inward towardeach other, as designated y 18, so as to provide cooperating garmentipping members.

Forme integral with and projecting upwardly from the intermediateportions of the plates forming the jaws 17 are ears 19, which functionas handles to be engaged and pressed toward each other when the jaws areopened. I

The upper portions of the plates forming the jaws 17 tothe sides of thecars 19 are bent inwardly to form shoulders 20 and from said shouldersthe terminal portions of the plates are bent to form horizontallydisposed channel-shaped members 21 that cooperate to form asubstantially cylindrical bearing that receives the rod 14.

In order to clamp the bearing members 21 on the rod and at the same timeby yieldingly resist the opening of the jaws, short tubuiar members 22of resilient metal, such as steel, are arranged on the pairs of hearingmembers and each tubular spring is sp it lengthwise in order that it maybe associated with the corresponding pair of bearing members.

The edges of each tubular spring adjacent to the split therein are cutaway to form an opening 23 for the accommodation of the lower portionsof the bearing members 21 and the opposite edges of the material formmgthe tubular springat the sides of the opening 23 therein, bear directlyagainst the outer faces of the lower portions of the bearing members 21,thereby tending to press said bearing members toward each other andconsequently clamping the same unto the rod 14 At the ends of theopening 23 of each tubular spring the metal to the sides of the split isextended inwardly to form short ears or lugs 24 which, when the springsare properly placed over the bearing members 21, engage against thelower portions of the ends of said bearing members and thereby retainthe tubular springs in proper position upon the jaws of the'sprni'gclips.

In addition to clamping the bearing members 21 upon the-rod 14, theresiliency of the tubular springs 22 bears on the upper portions of thejaws of the clips so as to retain the lower edges 18 thereof inengagement with each other or in gripping engagement with. an interposedgarment and thus the spring clips may be utilized for gripping the upperportion of a garment, for instance, the waistband of a pair of trousersor a slc'rt.

To open the jaws of the spring clip it is only necessary to press theears 19 toward each other and the lower portions of said jaws will openas the bearing members 21 lock upon t e rod 14 and when pressure uponthe ears is removed the lower portions of the jaws will move toward eachother under the influence of the springs 22 to grip an interposedgarment.

The spring clips may be adjusted lengthwise upon the rod 14 by applyingpressure to the ends of the clips or to facilitate this adjustment thejaws may be swung apart by pressure applied to the cars 19 and suchaction will relieve the bear ng members 21 of garment hanger having itsupper portion shaped. so as to conveniently receive and support theshoulder portions of coats, vests, dresses and the like and the lowerportion of the frame of the hanger being equipped with spring clips thatare mounted for Slidmg and rotary movement upon the rod or railformingthe lower portion of the frame of the hanger and said clips hengprovided with springs that cause the jaws of the clips to grip aninterposed garment and at the same time to cause the bearing portions ofthe clips to clamp the rod upon which they are mounte A garmenthanger'of my improved construction is very compact, is strong anddurable and is very effective in performing the functions for which itis intended.

It will be understood that minor changes in the size, form andconstruct'on of the various arts of my improved garment hanger may emade and substituted for those herein shown and described withoutdeparting from the spirit of my invention, the scope of which is setforth in the appended claim.

I claim as my invention:

In a garment hanger, a rod, aspring clip arranged for sliding movementon said rod and com rising a pair of cooperating jaws, pairs '0horizontally disposed channelshaped bearings formed on the upperportions of said jaws adjacent to the ends thereof, said bearings beingadapted to cooperate and form substantially tubular members that areadapted to engage said rod, a substantially.

tubular spring fitting snugly over and surrounding each pair of saidbearings for clampng the same upon the interposed rod and resistingopening movement of the jaws the greater portion of the inner surface ofeach spring contacting the outer surface of the enclosed tubular memberand lugs projecting toward each other at each end of each tubularspring, said lugs overlying the ends of the corresponding bearings forretaining the spring in position thereupon and for maintaining the'jawsin proper assembled relation.

' In testimony whereof I afiix my signature.

SOLOMON ROSENBERG.

the pressure exerted by the tubular springs 22. y

In some instances, able to use a single tubular spring upon each pair ofjaws instead or two springs as herein shown and described and where suchconstruction is employed structed of sutficient length to'enclose bot-hpairs of bearing members 21.

Thus it will be seen that I have provided it may be found desir-Q thetube will be cona relatively simple, practical and inexpensive

